COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (September 26, 2019) – David Nguyen,
Chris Steele,
Alex Groves, and
Mikael Purne from Northern Arizona University's men's tennis team will play at the three-day Bedford Cup at Air Force in Colorado Springs, Colo. this weekend from Sept. 27 to Sept. 29. The other nine participating teams are New Mexico State University, University of Denver, Southern Utah University, Montana, Weber State, Air Force, BYU, Northern Colorado and Abilene Christian University.
Double matches at the cup will begin at 9 a.m. tomorrow morning. Pair Nguyen and Purne (4) will face Air Force's Galvin and Ihrig (3). Groves and Steele (25) received a bye.
Groves (6), Steele (30) and Purne (22) will both start tomorrow morning for singles matches at 10 a.m. Groves will face Montana's Ed Pudney while Steele faces UNC's Kyle Peas. Purne will once again face UNC's Alex Exsted, this time in a singles match. During the Wildcat Invitational last weekend, Purne and Nguyen played against Exsted and his partner, GCU's Kirsch, winning 6-3. Nguyen (9) received a bye during the singles matches.
Last weekend in Arizona, the team won eight of their 11 doubles matches.
